Saturday, January 5, 2013

Welcome AURING!

Of course, nobody would welcome any wind disturbances especially that have intensified into a cyclone or typhoon.

Satellite View of Typhoon Auring

As the year 2013 has started, Auring is the first tropical storm that enters the PH area of responsibility (PAR) for this month of January 2013.

In January 3, it located somewhere in western part of Dipolog City, according to the latest weather update of PH weather bureau or Philippine Atmospheric, Geographical & Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).

As of this post, it is situated on the Southwest of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.

The name Auring was first used in 1963 by PAGASA and until this year it is the 14th time.

The following is the revised list of the names of typhoon for 2013 adapted by PAGASA:

The PH is always visited by typhoon every year not less than 12 typhoons. The latest in 2012 was Quinta. So far for 2012, 17 typhoons entered the PH area of responsibility. Pablo wrought so much havoc in lives and damages to property.

Wikipedia site has the following information on PH typhoons as to the deadliest and most destructive typhoons so far had visited the PH island:

A. Deadliest cyclones (as to their extent of lives claimed):

Typhoon Uring in 1991 was the deadliest with 5,101 to 8,000 estimated lives loss. It was followed by Typhoon in September 22, 1867 with 1,800 lives loss. Then came Winnie in 2004, which lasted for 3 days (November 27–30) with 1,593 lives loss.

B. The Most Destructive (as to their extent of damages to property):

It was led by Pablo (December 2 -9, 2012) with estimated cost of damage to PHP36.9 billion (898 million USD). It was followed by Pepeng (October 2–10, 2009) with PHP27.3 billion (608 million USD) cost of damages, and Pedring (September 26–28, 2011) came next with PHP15 billion (333 million USD) cost of damages.

me myself doesnt really know how pagasa came up with this names of typhoons though they are indeed very easy to remmber and in tagalog names also hehe. People shud be informed withthis so they know the safety also xx

any typhoon is not welcome to the country... hahaha. it's really okay if they don't go near the philippines. pablo had caused enough damage already. hope auring didn't do much. may the Lord protect us all from such calamities. Yahweh bless.

One thing I've learned harshly in my several years here in the Philippines: typhoons are a dime a dozen and one or two big ones will bite us every year. Just hoping not this one as we're still recovering from Typhoon Pablo.

The damage, the floods and the life lost has one thing which has been consistent year in and year out because of typhoons. It's high time we invest in better technology and allocate a budget to increase awareness in disaster prevention.

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